When social media is used incorrectly, it can have major consequences. Many things can cause a bad situation, a picture, post, video, certain friends, or what those friends may post on your profile. Any of these can cause a person to lose a job offer, current job, scholarship, acceptance to a school, or even cause legal problems. Many companies, organizations, and schools are looking at a person’s social networking profile. It is extremely critical for people to filter what they put on their page.
It is easier to say something mean online than it is to say in person. Many people are using social media to tease, bully, or harass others. It is extremely easy to video something that people may not want others to see, and a simply upload will make it public to the world. There are stories in the news about kids seeing something on a person’s profile and then beating the person up because of it, there have even been deaths caught on tape and posted online. “Dr. Patricia Walton Agatston, a counselor with the Cobb Prevention/Intervention Center in Marietta, Georgia, is co-author of "Cyber Bullying: Bullying in the Digital Age." She says posting videos online allows for bullies to be more visible to authorities.”
There have also been cases of men finding girls on the internet and becoming friends with them. They pretend to be younger and want to meet the girls, some get caught, and others don’t.
Privacy has become a major issue when dealing with social networking. If someone on facebook or twitter puts that they are going out of town for the weekend, someone may read that and rob their house because they know no one is there. If someone puts their birthday or address on their profile, someone may see that and use it for identity theft. If someone puts their phone number or address for people to see, someone may use it and become a stalker. There are many instances where people have had things like this happen to them, so the sites themselves are trying to help people protect their information more by blocking certain people, or only allowing certain people to view their page.
http://wiredsafety.org/ helps people learn more about these dangers and how they can avoid/fix problems.
There may be different do’s and don’ts for each type of social media, but for the most part here are a few basic ones.
Do’s
Don’ts
· Do your research! · Find out your target audience and choose the best suitable site. · Customize your profile to make it most trustworthy and informative. · Add people you know, or genuinely want to know and build a relationship. · Use each site how it is supposed to. · Make a few necessary changes at a time. · Ask for feedback and reviews. · Update regularly · Be positive and respectful · Post your own work, or give credit where deserved.
· Unless for a business, don’t give out personal information. · Post anything illegal or that you might regret. · Accept friend requests from people you don’t know. · Try to get on every site possible, not every site is for everyone. · Start a profile and not finish. · Add everyone · Use the same approach for all sites, especially if you have many of the same friends; try to make each one unique in some way. · Drastically change your profile every day. · Ask for money · Spam
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There may be different do’s and don’ts for each type of social media, but for the most part here are a few basic ones.
· Find out your target audience and choose the best suitable site.
· Customize your profile to make it most trustworthy and informative.
· Add people you know, or genuinely want to know and build a relationship.
· Use each site how it is supposed to.
· Make a few necessary changes at a time.
· Ask for feedback and reviews.
· Update regularly
· Be positive and respectful
· Post your own work, or give credit where deserved.
· Post anything illegal or that you might regret.
· Accept friend requests from people you don’t know.
· Try to get on every site possible, not every site is for everyone.
· Start a profile and not finish.
· Add everyone
· Use the same approach for all sites, especially if you have many of the same friends; try to make each one unique in some way.
· Drastically change your profile every day.
· Ask for money
· Spam
http://smallbiztrends.com/2009/08/social-media-mistakes.html
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http://startup.partnerup.com/2009/03/03/social-media-dos-and-donts-10-tips-to-succeed-in-social-media/
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/12/10/social.media.bullying/index.html